Lace or ribbon cabinet



(No Model.)

' C. H. MARTIN.

` LACE 0R lRIBBON CABINET. N0. 602,344. A Patented Apr. l2, 1898.

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CHARLES H. MARTIN, OF MARSHALL, ILLINOIS.

LACE OR RIBBON CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslflatent No. 602,344, dated April 12, 1898. t

Application filed December 28, 1896. Renewed October 29, 1897. Serial ll'o.l 656,840. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

of Marshall, in the county'of Clark and State Aof Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Lace or Ribbon Cabinet, of` which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of cabinets intended for holding and displaying ribbons, laces, and similar goods.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the device, a portion of the front thereof being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, also partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the device, and Fig. 4.- is a'broken detail vertical section showing the lmechanism for locking and holding the spools.

The object of my invention is to produce a cabinet for containing lace, ribbons, and similar goods which will exhibit the same and make it possible to readily withdraw any amount desired.

The cabinet A is divided centrally'and the rear portion is hinged to the front, so that it may be swung to one side, and thus expose the inner portions of the cabinet and render it possible to remove or replace the articles therein or supply new goods to the cabinet.

The interior of the cabinet is filled with a series of spools E, arranged in tiers and columns, and these spools are supported upon brackets F or by any other suitable means. The brackets are attached to horizontal bars B, extending across the front and rear 'faces of the cabinet, and these bars have narrow slits C through them, located just in front of the spools. The spools E have the ribbon, lace, or other article for which the cabinet is used wound uponthem, and the end of the same is to be drawn out through the slit C and left hanging, as shown at L in Fig.

, One end of each of the spools is notched, as shown at E'. This notched end of the spool is arranged so that it will be adjacent to the notched end of the spool in the next column and same tier. Between the two spools a rod G is fixed so that it may slide vertically a short distance, and this rod isprovided with a spring H, which will normally hold the same raised. This rod is also provided with a series of horizontal ar'rnsor pins I, extending across the edges of the adjacent spools, the pins being so placed that when the rod G is held up by the spring H the pins will engage the notches E in the heads'of the spools. This will prevent the spools from being rotated until the rod G has been depressed. The upper end of the rod G extends outside of the casing and is provided with a knob G', by which it may be readily depressed.

When it is desired to draw any of the ribbon or lace from one of the spools, the rod G which controls that spool is depressed until the spool is released, and the goods may then be drawn out, as desired. As soonas the-rod G is released from pressure the pins I will lock the spools. This cabinet may be built with as many columns and tiers of spools as desired. The one shown in the drawings will accommodate sixty-four spools. y

The front A' and the rear A2 of the cabinet are made exactly alike so far as the interior construction goes. The rear half is,however, mounted on hinges, so that it may swing upon the front half, thus insuringready access to the interior of the cabinet. The two parts of the cabinet are secured together by means of a latch a or by any other suitable device.

Between the horizontal bars B both faces of the cabinet will be provided with glass strips, which will make it possible to see the spools within the cabinet.- It may thus be ascertained when'they are becoming reduced in amount and what spools need refilling. The

device will clearly show what the goods are IOO l. A ribbon or lace cabinet, containing spools arranged in vertical and horizontal columns, a rod passing between tivo adjacent columns of spools and provided with lockingarins normally in engagement with said spools and preventing the same from turning, a spring to hold said rod and arms in normal position, and a knob or handle upon said rod and by which it is depressed to simultaneously release the locking-arms from the spools, substantially as set forth.

2. A ribbon or lace cabinet, containing rows of spools for holding the goods, said spools having notches in the outer edge of one of their heads, a rod passing by the ends of the spools in the different tiers, pins carried by the rod and adapted to engage the notches in the spools to lock the saine, a spring to hold the pins in engagement Willi the spools, and a knob or handle attached to said rod upon the outside of the case, substantially as described.

3. A ribbon or lace cabinet having afront composed of strips formed with slits, rows of spools for the goods and located in said cabinet in the rear of the slits through which the goods may be Withdrawn, the heads of the spools having notches therein, a vertical rod located adjacent the notched heads and having locking-arms, a spring holding said arms normally in engagement with said notches, and a knob on said rod at the outside of said cabinet and by which said rod is depressed to disengage the arms from the notches, as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES H. MARTIN.

Witnesses:

BERT MARTIN, A. C. OHADWICK. 

